Fashion, music, makeup, Deadline and Smash Hits magazines – these were all massive parts of my teen years, and even if I’m now a middle aged mum, I can’t entirely shake them off.
Satin & Tat
A work in progress, Satin and Tat is a semi-fictionalised memoir diving deep into my own memories of teen years as one of the few goths in rural Devon.
Everything My Daughter Wore
Drawings of my daughter’s often eccentric wardrobe choices. A favourite of parents – and an inspiration to children, who often take the idea and start drawing their own daily outfits.
Cut From the Same Cloth
An essay for Longreads, exploring the mixed feelings of a middle-aged mother as her daughter embraces the fashion subcultures she herself has had to leave behind.
Myfanwy Tristram 